Malignancy in the blind painful eye - report of two cases and literature review
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Few cases of malignant tumors arising in a blind painful eye have previously been described. We described two cases of a blind painful eye containing an unsuspected tumor, which were enucleated to relieve the pain.</p> <p>...
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2006-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Few cases of malignant tumors arising in a blind painful eye have previously been described. We described two cases of a blind painful eye containing an unsuspected tumor, which were enucleated to relieve the pain.</p> <p>Case presentations</p> <p><b>Case 1</b>: A 57 year-old Caucasian man presented with recurrent orbital cellulitis and endophthalmitis in the left eye (OS). The OS was blind and painful and an enucleation was performed showing a uveal melanoma by histopathological exam. <b>Case 2</b>: A 54 year-old Caucasian man with previous history of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in his left eye presented a blind painful eye. Enucleation was performed revealing a well-differentiated B-cell lymphoma of uveal tract with extra ocular extension.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>In the management of a blind painful eye, it is extremely important to rule out an intraocular malignancy particularly in those patients who have not been followed by an ophthalmologist.</p> |
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| Item Description: | 10.1186/1746-1596-1-45 1746-1596 |